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EQT establishes Private Wealth division

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Equity Trustees Limited has established a Private Wealth Services division under the leadership of newly recruited executive, Geoff Rimmer. Rimmer, most recently chief executive officer of adviser group Financial Services Partners, will take responsibility ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
M&A activity in Asia, on the back of economic growth in the region, accounted for $10 billion in deals in the last three months alone, despite this activity being in a dip. "Southeast Asian M&A rebounded 50.5% in Q1 2012 after a lacklustre last quarter ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Australia has experienced the biggest Asia Pacific slowdown in finance sector jobs in Q1, according to research from website eFinancial Careers. Recording a reduction of 19% in finance sector job opportunities from the previous quarter, Australia lead ...

Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Boutique Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has named Tim Samway new managing director following the decision to establish a private equity business. Samway is currently Hyperion's institutional business director and a founding ...

Australian Unity takes majority stake in Certainty Financial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Corporate advisory firm Certainty Financial has entered a joint venture with Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, which has taken a majority interest in the practice. Steve Davis, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services general manager ...

ASIC bans Victorian adviser

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... shares in Petrovic's name. The four month period related to when Petrovic was a director and adviser of boutique advisory firm, Mitchell Asset Management between November 16 2009 and March 30 2010. "ASIC would act to remove dishonest operators from the ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
The date is set for FOFA to start on July 1 this year with the Parliamentary Joint Committee releasing its report, complete with 15 new recommendations. In its 220-page report, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) noted that despite industry calls ...

Issues beyond the FOFA horizon

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... Rantall, chief executive of Financial Planning Association (FPA), Tony Fenning, head of listed independent financial advisory firm, Snowball and Hugh Humphrey, head of the AMP-owned wealth management group Hillross, the panel said that looking beyond ...

IRESS launches UK wealth management division

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
IRESS has launched its Wealth Management division in the United Kingdom on the back of its selection as strategic supplier of wealth management advice technology by Sesame Bankhall Group, the largest distributor of retail financial advice in the UK. ...

Blackstone appoints Future Fund's Costello

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... chairman for the Blackstone Group for Australia and New Zealand. Paul Costello will help guide the investment and advisory firm's development in the region, while representing its key constituencies there. Commenting on his appointment Costello said ...